Microsoft’s latest Surface PC: the Surface Laptop 4. [credit: Microsoft ] After recent leaks suggested an imminent arrival, Microsoft has officially launched the latest entry in its line of Surface PCs: the Surface Laptop 4. The new laptop starts at $999 and will be available to purchase in the US, Canada, and Japan as of […]
Enlarge / In this 2011 photo, Dr. Michael A. Lee uses Dragon Medical voice-recognition software to enter his notes after seeing a patient. (credit: David Ryan via Getty Images) Earlier today, Microsoft announced its plans to purchase Nuance for $56 per share—23 percent above Nuance’s closing price last Friday. The deal adds up to a […]
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Enlarge / We don’t have any leaked images of the new Surface models, so you’ll have to make do with this 2019 stock photo of Surface models at a Microsoft store in Guangzhou. (credit: SOPA Images via Getty Images) Earlier today, Microsoft support placeholders briefly appeared for two upcoming Surface Laptop 4 models—one AMD, and […]
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Enlarge / This year’s Build will be virtual—on the plus side, that means attendance is free and you don’t need to travel. On the minus side, nobody gets to walk inside an enormous, physical Windows logo for a photo opp, like this shot of me at Ignite 2019. (credit: Jim Salter) Microsoft’s annual Build conference […]
That “PS Studios” logo on an Xbox retail box still looks a bit weird… It’s been over a year now since Sony first announced it would be bringing the previously PlayStation-exclusive series MLB The Show to Xbox as early as 2021. Today, Microsoft announced even better news for Xbox-owning baseball fans: MLB The Show 21 […]
Cortana on an iPhone. (credit: Microsoft) Microsoft’s Cortana app for iOS and Android will soon shut down, the company has announced on a support page. This effectively puts a nail in Cortana’s coffin for consumer use cases, at least as far as competing directly with Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa goes. Here’s what the announcement […]